The Chapelle Sainte Barbe of Paimpol !!!

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I went back to my cd rom vault and voilà older new pictures for my blog and for your and me, We follow the road D786 to Paimpol ! Always by the coast and again a new town visited, amazing of the many wonderful spots in my lovely Bretagne, Do read my other posts in my blog on the town, We were again in my road warrior mode ! Dear to me as this saint is my native town patron saint ! Therefore, let me tell you about the Chapelle Sainte Barbe of Paimpol !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

As usual by me for reference, the town of Paimpol is located in the Côtes-d’Armor department 22 in my lovely region of Bretagne, and in my belle France. Built around its basins, Paimpol is one of the main fishing and pleasure ports overlooking the English Channel. at the western end of the Bay of Saint-Brieuc, at the bottom of the Bay of Paimpol The town is on the road D 786 , and 116 km from Saint-Malo ,37 km from Saint-Brieuc, 34 km from Lannion, 72 km from Morlaix , 30 km from Guingamp , 142 km from Rennes, and 147 km from my current home.

The Chapelle Sainte Barbe was built in the 17C, located in the former parish of Kérity, now a district of Paimpol. The chapel was sold in 1794, as church property during the French revolution. In 1829, the chapel was returned to the parish of Kérity, the owners having donated it to the Church Council. In 1908, the rector of Kérity had major work done to embellish the chapel: a porch and a bell tower were added and a new bell was installed. It was in this chapel, the only one in the parish, that every year, fishermen from Iceland and Newfoundland came on pilgrimage to ask Saint Barbe (Santa Barbara) to protect them from lightning and all dangers. In addition to the small pardon celebrated on December 4, the great pardon is celebrated on Ascension Day. On this day, many pilgrims come to visit the chapel. They used to bring their offering of wheat or money.

Outside, the Chapelle Saint Barbe, there is the Kérity cross and a cellar in which the faithful’s donations in kind were stored. The latter was later transformed into an oratory housing a statue of Sainte Barbe. The entrance to the chapel is surmounted by a niche also housing a statue of Sainte Barbe. Among the statues inside the chapel are notably those of Notre-Dame Blanche and Saint-Yves, defender of the poor, of Saint-Rion and of course Sainte-Barbe, a lantern at her feet. The two ex-votos are two-masted ships: a white and green hulled schooner with no particular inscription; this schooner is suspended from the vault of the chapel, an older square schooner, in the form of a diorama, carved from a piece of wood, and bearing the inscriptions “P4” on the side and “Sainte-Barbe – Paimpol” on the stern. This ship rests on a base symbolizing the sea. The two ex-votos date from the 20C,

The town of Paimpol on the chapelle Sainte Barbe: https://www.ville-paimpol.fr/chapelle-sainte-barbe/

The local Guingamp-Paimpol tourist office on Paimpol : https://www.guingamp-paimpol.com/en/paimpol

The Côtes d’Armor dept 22 tourist office on Paimpol :  https://www.cotesdarmor.com/a-voir-a-faire/patrimoine/villes-et-villages-classes/les-autres-villes-et-villages/paimpol/

There you go folks, again another lovely town and beautiful monuments of Paimpol. This was worth the trip and nice, another spot in my world map, Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Chapelle Sainte Barbe of Paimpol as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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Published by pedmar10

I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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